You can’t handle a little critique? You’re not the leader MSU needs
Michigan State University’s elected Board of Trustees has run another president out of East Lansing? That’s an easy storyline. Kevin Guskiewicz is making it sound like that’s the …
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No Duggan = Gov. Benson in partisan repeat
The celebration you heard last Thursday when former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan dropped out of the governor’s race came from Jocelyn Benson’s campaign headquarters.
Michigan’s Secretary of …
Polling shows it. Progressive energy is real
Before I dive too deeply into two polls that form the crux of this week’s column, I’m going to share my philosophy on polls. What they are and what they’re not.
Here’s what a poll is: a …
Mike Rogers’ leaked health care plan will lead to more preventable deaths
I live with multiple sclerosis, and I’m a breast cancer survivor. I rely on the Affordable Care Act to live with dignity, to manage my chronic condition and to get the care I need without facing …
Trump’s policies are hurting farmers and Tom Barrett isn’t helping us
Farmers like myself are struggling right now. We’re scrambling to keep our operations afloat. Seventy percent of farmers say that they’re unable to afford the fertilizer that they need to start …
It’s time for professionals to run these convention elections
If you think you’re having a bad day, check in with Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel Jr.
The East Lansing politico has seemingly all segments of the party breathing down his neck …
Six interesting stories and people running for Congress
History was not made at last week’s filing deadline. Lansing’s Elyon Badger did not turn in the 1,000 signatures needed to make the August ballot in the 7th Congressional District.
Lansing …
A debt of dignity: Why our most vulnerable students can’t wait
Imagine a school where the hallways are so narrow that two students in wheelchairs cannot pass each other without one having to back away. Imagine a classroom where a student’s medical needs must …
Brink’s ‘Restore and Reform’ agenda
Pay-to-play politics, firing independent commissioners and inspectors, promising “rich-as-hell” donors massive tax giveaways, allowing foreign countries to invest billions into a leader’s …
A Rarity In Today’s Campaigns: The Unscripted Roundtable
Over at the Flap Jack in DeWitt this week, gubernatorial candidate Tom Leonard spent an hour laying out how he plans to lower auto insurance rates.
Michigan’s are really high. Still. …
No Duggan = Gov. Benson in partisan repeat
The celebration you heard last Thursday when former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan dropped out of the governor’s race came from Jocelyn Benson’s campaign headquarters. Michigan’s Secretary of …
Polling shows it. Progressive energy is real
Before I dive too deeply into two polls that form the crux of this week’s column, I’m going to share my philosophy on polls. What they are and what they’re not. Here’s what a poll is: a …
Mike Rogers’ leaked health care plan will lead to more preventable deaths
I live with multiple sclerosis, and I’m a breast cancer survivor. I rely on the Affordable Care Act to live with dignity, to manage my chronic condition and to get the care I need without facing …
Trump’s policies are hurting farmers and Tom Barrett isn’t helping us
Farmers like myself are struggling right now. We’re scrambling to keep our operations afloat. Seventy percent of farmers say that they’re unable to afford the fertilizer that they need to start …
It’s time for professionals to run these convention elections
If you think you’re having a bad day, check in with Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel Jr. The East Lansing politico has seemingly all segments of the party breathing down his neck …
Six interesting stories and people running for Congress
History was not made at last week’s filing deadline. Lansing’s Elyon Badger did not turn in the 1,000 signatures needed to make the August ballot in the 7th Congressional District. Lansing …
A debt of dignity: Why our most vulnerable students can’t wait
Imagine a school where the hallways are so narrow that two students in wheelchairs cannot pass each other without one having to back away. Imagine a classroom where a student’s medical needs must …
Brink’s ‘Restore and Reform’ agenda
Pay-to-play politics, firing independent commissioners and inspectors, promising “rich-as-hell” donors massive tax giveaways, allowing foreign countries to invest billions into a leader’s …
A Rarity In Today’s Campaigns: The Unscripted Roundtable
Over at the Flap Jack in DeWitt this week, gubernatorial candidate Tom Leonard spent an hour laying out how he plans to lower auto insurance rates. Michigan’s are really high. Still. …